unevenly in China. Using micro data from 2008 economic census and 2005 population census, this paper explains spatial clusters … first to consider both manufacturing and service entrepreneurship in China and should be of interest to both local and …

We (a) propose an implementable innovation index, (b) relate it to existing innovation definitions and (c) show whole …-economy and industry-specific results for the UK market sector, 2000-2005. Our innovation measure starts by observing that we … could get more GDP without innovation by simply duplicating existing physical capital and labour (e.g. adding a second …

Harmonised microdata show a Gini coefficient for per capita total income of 45.3 percent in China 2002 and 33.6 percent … urban areas in China are important reasons for this cross-country difference in inequality. Wage is a more non …-equalising income source in China than in Russia. While Russian public transfers reduce income inequality, Chinese public transfers …

This paper presents a new data set collected on representative samples across 6 countries: China, South Korea, Japan …

China launched a new rural pension scheme (hereafter NRPS) for rural residents in 2009, now covering almost all … unique setting for studying the economics of intergenerational relationships during development, given the rapidity of China …

Although, the male labor force participation rate is comparable in China and India, female labor force participation …

evaluates the importance of major domains of childhood circumstances to health inequalities in the USA and China. We link two … waves of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) in 2013 and 2015 with the newly released 2014 Life …-16 percent and 14-30 percent of health inequality in old age in China and the USA, respectively. Specifically, the contribution …